Madame Guyon
Madame Guyon (1648-1717) was a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism. Quietism was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church, and she was imprisoned from 1695 to 1703 after publishing a book on it, A Short and Easy Method of Prayer.

Madame Guyon's warmest partisans after her death were to be found among the Protestants. It was a Dutch Protestant, the pastor Poiret, who began the publication of her works; a Vaudois pietist pastor, Duthoit-Mambrini, continued it. Her "Life" was translated into English and German, and her ideas, long since forgotten in France, have for generations been in favour in Germany, Switzerland, England, and among Methodists in America.

Autobiography
Few persons have attained the degree of spirituality reached by Madame Guyon. She lived and died in the Catholic Church; yet was tormented and afflicted; was maltreated and abused; and was imprisoned for years by the highest authorities of that church. Her sole crime was that of loving God.

168 pages

Poems (translated by William Cowper)
‘Tis folly all—let me no more be told
Of Parian porticos, and roofs of gold;
Delightful views of nature, dress’d by art,
Enchant no longer this indifferent heart;
The Lord of all things, in his humble birth,
Makes mean the proud magnificence of earth;
The straw, the manger, and the mouldering wall,
Eclipse its lustre; and I scorn it all.

65 pages

A Short and Easy Method of Prayer (the original version of Experiencing Jesus Christ)
This book exercised a great influence in both secular and religious circles. It won a great notoriety, five or six editions being required in a very short time. It became the storm-centre in France for a number of years, and was directly the cause of Madame Guyon being attacked and defended by some of the most brilliant writers of her day. In the meantime the result upon Madame Guyon was imprisonment in the Bastille!

51 pages

Song of Songs (Reflections)
Part of Madame Guyon's extensive devotional bible commentary. With explanations and reflections having reference to the interior life

94 pages

Spiritual progress (with Fenelon)
This is a collection consisting of "Spiritual Counsel" and letters by Fénelon, two of Mme Guyon's writings, "A Short and Easy Method of Prayer" (also available separately) and "On the Way to God", as well as "Spiritual Maxims" by Pere la Combe.

140 pages